Walk s207 Reaps Moor and The Manifold Trail from Longnor

This 7½ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Longnor & will take about 3½ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:7½mls (12km)
Ascent:811ft (247m)
Time:3½hrs
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Route outline for walk s207:

Longnor  -  The Manifold Trail  -  River Manifold  -  Lower Boothfold Farm  -  Ludburn Farm  -  Reaps Moor  -  Blake Brook  -  Boosley Grange  -  Bank House Farm  -  Shining Ford Farm  -  Hardings Booth Farm  -  Fawside Farm  -  Gualedge Farm  -  Longnor

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

For much of the year the River Manifold appears dry. In fact it runs underground from Wettonmill to Ilam taking 22 hours to cover the 4 miles.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Wainwrights
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Nuttalls
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Deweys
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Marilyns
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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Manifold Trail, a 37km (23 miles) linear footpath connecting Manifold Head, near Flash in Staffordshire, with Dovedale Car Park, near Ilam in Derbyshire, England. The Manifold Trail is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Manifold Trail.


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk s207 Reaps Moor and The Manifold Trail from Longnor

In no particular order . . .

Longnor Church

Longnor Church

Photo: Maggie Kay (1)

Young Calves in the fields near Longnor

Young Calves in the fields near Longnor

Photo: James Gray (23)

The narrow Chapel Street in Longnor Village

The narrow Chapel Street in Longnor Village

Photo: James Gray (16)

St Bartholomew's Church, Longnor

St Bartholomew's Church, Longnor

Photo: Mark Glazer (2)

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Inn, Longnor

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Inn, Longnor

Photo: James Gray (19)

Chapel Street, Longnor

Chapel Street, Longnor

Photo: Mark Glazer (1)

Longnor Village Church

Longnor Village Church

Photo: James Gray (14)

Chapel Street in Longnor Village

Chapel Street in Longnor Village

Photo: James Gray (17)

Site of the Olde Red Bull Inn in Chapel Street, Longnor

Site of the Olde Red Bull Inn in Chapel Street, Longnor

Photo: James Gray (42)

The former railway station at Hulme End - now The Manifold Valley Visitor Centre

The former railway station at Hulme End - now The Manifold Valley Visitor Centre

Photo: Terry Howard (28)


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